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Project Management Plan
15. Glossary of Terms
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N INDEX OR GLOSSARY OF TERMS OR ACRONYMS
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THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE
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Acceptance Criteria – The list of requirements that must be satisfied prior to the customer
accepting delivery of the product.
Acceptance Test – Formal user performed testing performed prior to accepting the system
(sometimes called client acceptance test or user acceptance test).
Acquisition – Generic term for hardware, software, or services acquired from an outside
vendor or contractor.
Action Plan - A plan that describes what needs to be done and when it needs to be completed.
Project Management Plans are action plans.
Activity - A specific project task, or group of tasks, that require resources and time to complete.
Adaptive System – Describes software that has flexibility as the primary design point.
Application – Generic term for a program, or system, that handles a specific business function.
Application Software – A complete, self-contained program that can perform work for a user.
This is in contrast to system software such as an operating system, server processes, and
libraries that exist in support of application software.
Approval Cycle – Process of gaining funding and management approval prior to project
initiation.
Architecture – Imposes order and makes interconnections possible. Generally defined as an
intermediate step between initial requirements and business functional specifications during
which the entire complex of hardware, software, and design considerations are viewed as a
whole. Refers to a blueprint for evolving a technical infrastructure.
Assessment – A general term for the formal management review of a process.
Audit - A formal and detailed examination of the progress, costs, operations, results, or some
other aspect of a project or system performed by an independent party.
Availability – The portion of time that a system that is scheduled to operate actually can be
used as expected.
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